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Here is our weekly summary of offences and incidents affecting your community, reported to police during the period 6th to 10th May:

Parkhall Road, Somersham – Police are investigating a report of criminal damage at the skatepark on Parkhall Road, Somersham, believed to have been committed on Monday evening, 13th May. Some items of equipment are reported to have been charred and others to have been loosened and pulled apart, making them unsafe. (Ref 35/33851/19)

St Ives Road, Somersham – Thieves broke through a metal gate to enter the compound of a business unit on St Ives Road, Somersham, during the night of Monday 13th / Tuesday 14th May, and managed to steal a caravan that was being stored there after interfering with security equipment at the site. (Ref 35/33209/19)

Oldhurst – Thieves stole the number-plates from a grey Vauxhall car left parked outside a house in Oldhurst overnight on Tuesday 14th / Wednesday 15th May. No other damage was done to the vehicle. (Ref 35/33442/19)

To see
details of Policing Summaries for neighbouring areas, please click on the
following link and scroll down the page to select areas of interest:

Please be aware
that these reports do not contain all details of all reported crime. We do not
publish details of domestic related offences or anything which may put a person
at risk if information regarding the crime was made public.

As always, if
you have information relating to any offence, or are concerned about any
suspicious activities, please contact police by using any of these methods:

the ‘101’ non-emergency telephone number;

the on-line web-chat tool on the new Cambridgeshire
Constabulary web-site – click on the green icon;

Alternatively, you can use ‘Crimestoppers’ to make a report
anonymously by calling 0800 555 111 or by using their on-line contact form.

In an emergency, or
if you witness a crime in progress, always use ‘999’.

Very sad news, the Skate Ramp was vandalised 13th May 2019 roughly 5-7pm whilst there is CCTV, any information on the vandals would be welcome or a police report. Below are the images attached. The Skate Ramp is now CLOSED until damages are repaired.

I hope everyone had a good Easter – if you are a sun-lover, it has certainly been a wonderful few days!

Because of the Bank Holiday break, today’s Policing Update is a double-issue, catching up with offences and incidents affecting your community reported to police during the period 12th to 25th April:

Warboys Road, Oldhurst – A resident of Warboys Road, Oldhurst, was the victim of a distraction burglary by two suspects impersonating police officers, on Friday evening, 12th April. The two suspect males were dressed in matching uniforms when they knocked on the victim’s door and stated that they were from the ‘Fraud Squad’. However, once inside the property they were able steal an amount of cash before escaping.

Police were quickly at the scene and searched the village but were unable to find anyone matching the descriptions. However, other residents reported seeing the suspects and investigations into the offences, theft and the impersonation of police officers, are continuing. (Ref 35/25428/19)

Colne Road, Somersham – Thieves stole a skip from a water company installation on Colne Road, Somersham, at some time over the weekend between Friday 12th and Monday 15th April. The rubbish that had been in the skip was left dumped at the site by whoever stole it. (Ref 35/26003/19)

Parkhall Road, Somersham – Money deposited into two charity collection boxes at a shop on Parkhall Road, Somersham, since March has been stolen. The boxes were found empty on Friday 19th April. (Ref 35/27070/19)

To see details of Policing Summaries for neighbouring areas, please click on the following link and scroll down the page to select areas of interest:

Please be aware that these reports do not contain all details of all reported crime. We do not publish details of domestic related offences or anything which may put a person at risk if information regarding the crime was made public.

As always, if you have information relating to any offence, or are concerned about any suspicious activities, please contact police by using any of these methods:

the ‘101’ non-emergency telephone number;

the on-line web-chat tool on the new Cambridgeshire
Constabulary web-site – click on the green icon;

Alternatively, you can use ‘Crimestoppers’ to make a report
anonymously by calling 0800 555 111 or by using their on-line contact form.

In an emergency, or
if you witness a crime in progress, always use ‘999’.

As
the weather improves we tend to see an increase in rogue trading offences and
this video shows the dangers of buying
any services from the doorstep.

As well as being prepared yourself, please keep an eye on older neighbours and
family members who might not be aware and may be vulnerable to the techniques
doorstop sellers use.

As depicted in the video, doorstep selling involves fraudsters knocking at your
door and trying to sell you something that you often don’t need.

Many honest businesses legitimately use the doorstep selling technique and it
can be a convenient way of buying goods. However, this becomes an issue if the sales
person uses pressure tactics to trick you into buying something you don’t want
or need, or is poor value for money.

These sellers usually try to catch you off-guard and appear polite and
persuasive, whilst rushing you to make a decision. They also tend to
target vulnerable people who live alone.

Here is our weekly summary of offences and incidents affecting your community, reported to police during the period 5th to 11th April:

Somersham – Police issued warnings via Social Media to residents of Somersham on Saturday afternoon, 6th April, following several reports of a suspicious male seen apparently knocking on the doors of houses where no cars were parked, at around 3:30 pm. The concern was that he might have been checking to find houses where no-one was home.

Reports were received from residents in the Windsor Gardens, Providence Close and Feoffees Road areas of the village on both the Saturday and the Sunday. When the male was challenged at one house, he stated that he was there to carry out driveway work but this was not correct.

The male was described as white, in his late thirties to mid forties, of medium build and wearing a blue zipped coat and a dark-coloured beanie hat.

If you see any suspicious or worrying activity, please report it to the police using any of the methods listed at the end of this report. (Ref CC-06042019-0268)

Warboys Road / Fen Road, Pidley – Police searched farmland off Warboys Road and Fen Road, Pidley, in the early hours of Thursday 11th April, following a report of two suspicious males seen being dropped off from a van, and a second report of two males seen loitering around construction equipment on a building site. However, officers found nothing untoward and no sign of the two males. (Refs CC-10042019-0533 and CC-10042019-0535)

To see details of Policing Summaries for neighbouring areas, please click on the following link and scroll down the page to select areas of interest:

Please be aware that these reports do not contain all details of all reported crime. We do not publish details of domestic related offences or anything which may put a person at risk if information regarding the crime was made public.

As always, if you have information relating to any offence, or are concerned about any suspicious activities, please contact police by using any of these methods:

the ‘101’ non-emergency telephone number;

the on-line web-chat tool on the new Cambridgeshire
Constabulary web-site – click on the green icon;

Alternatively, you can use ‘Crimestoppers’ to make a report
anonymously by calling 0800 555 111 or by using their on-line contact form.

In an emergency, or
if you witness a crime in progress, always use ‘999’.